The UK Prime Minister selects a leading figure from the construction sector to be part of a Business Council

• Ms Julie White, DSA President and IACDS Past President, will represent the sawing and drilling industry in the UK Prime Minister’s Business Council. 

Julie White, managing director of Coventry-based D-Drill – with further offices across the UK – will be part of the Prime Minister’s revamped Business Council, which is co-chaired by the Chancellor.

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have convened a new cohort of business leaders to work in partnership with the Government, helping to drive a high productivity, high growth economy over the next 12 months and level up local economies around the country.

The new Council will support the UK’s recovery from Covid-19 and prioritise delivering the green industrial revolution, creating new jobs and developing a skilled workforce, and unlocking global investment.

This follows the Prime Minister’s pledge this week to capitalise on regulatory freedoms two years on from our departure from the EU, in another move that will support businesses to invest, innovate and create jobs.

Meeting at least quarterly, the Prime Minister’s Business Council will be comprised of 28 members from a range of industries and sectors, including manufacturing, financial services, energy, and world-renowned science and technology sectors. The line-up also consists of 13 women, which sees an increase in the proportion of female members from last year’s Build Back Better Business Council.

Julie White said: “The Business Council offers a great opportunity for the Prime Minister and his fellow Ministers to hear directly from businesses who are best placed to inform and advise on the benefits and implications of decisions made by Government.

“The construction sector has a significant role to play in building back better, levelling up and growing the UK economy and I am confident that businesses of all shapes and sizes in the construction supply chain want to play their part.

“As a specialist sub-contracting business with nationwide depots, I experience the day-to-day challenges of running a business, offering local employment and investing in future generations through our apprentices.

“My involvement in the Drilling and Sawing Association and Build UK provides me with a greater understanding of the challenges faced by my peers running large and small businesses and I look forward to contributing my knowledge and experience.”